WHAT IT COSTS. 25 



"Well, I will tell you; and I shall make a 

 liberal estimate, for I do not think it hurts a 

 minister to travel in comfortable style any more 

 than it does Mr. Farewell and Brother Have- 

 enough. And if he shall chance to find a ten- 

 dollar greenback in his vest-pocket after he has 

 reached home it will not come amiss, I warrant 

 you. 



I estimate the cost thus : — 



Guide-hire, $2.50 per day; board for self and 

 guide while in the woods, $ 2.00 each per week ; 

 miscellanies (here is where the ten-dollar green- 

 backs come in), $ 25.00. 



If he feels disposed to take a companion, he can 

 do so (many go in couples), and thereby divide 

 the cost of guide-hire, making it only $ 1.25 

 per day. But I would not advise one to do this, 

 especially if his expenses are paid. Fifty dollars 

 will pay one's travelling expenses both ways, 

 from Boston to the Lower Saranac Lake, where 

 you can meet your guide. From New York the 

 expense is about the same. It is safe to say that 

 one hundred and twenty-five dollars will pay aU 

 the expenses of a trip of a month's duration in the 

 wilderness. I know of no other excursion in 

 which such a small sum of money will return 

 such per cent in health, pleasure, and profit. 



